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 * //__Amendment One__//**- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment 1 talks about how congress can not take away the natural right of indivduals. They are not aloud to make any law, that concerns giving up the freedoms of US citizens.. Amendment One gives democracy and Freedom to the people.
 * __What does Amendment One mean?__**

1. Freedom of Speech 2. Freedom of Press 3. Freedom of religion/ beliefs 4. Freedom to have act in government
 * //__The Following are some of the freedoms people are guaranteed.__//**

__**Who wrote Amendment One?**__ The author of Amendment one was James Madison who wrote all of the Bill of Rights.

Amendment One was declared to be part of the Constitution on December 15, 1791.
 * __When was Amendment One created?__**

__**//Freedom of Press://**__ Allows people to state and say whatever they would like to written down.They can have say in government laws that they think are unfair and/or can state somethings else they truly believe should be change! Many people write things in the press/ newspaper that they think are unfair!

1)George Curtis from white plains writes: It is ridiculous that a state legislator, Democratic Assemblywoman Sandra Galef of Ossining, wants to make a law of how to live our lives. She wants to be able to make laws of what she wants. For example she wanted to make a law of the high level of noise in thearters. I agree with George Curtis. No one should tell us what to do and how to live our lives. We should be able to do what we feel under certain rules. Alyssa Massi
 * __Heres are some examples of someone who believes a different opinion(Freedom of Press__)**
 * Current Event:**

2)[|**People excercising Freedom of Speech**] Opinion- Yes i agree with this because, a long time ago people's opinion truly counted. Now even if what you believe is right, does not count as much as it did back then. We don't have as much freedom as we did back then, now. Go to this link to see the whole current event.

__**//Freedom of Speech://**__ Under the law of Freedom of Speech people are aloud to speak of what they believe. They can say whatever they want and think of what they want to without being critized. Someone else may believe another thing but all opinions count. __**//Freedom of Religion://**__ Since we have the Freedom of Religion people are aloud to practice any beliefs they want. They can believe in Christ or something else. No one can tell them to practice a certain religion. They are to be free.ute

__Here is an example of Freedom of Relgion.[|Religious Freedom]__ //__Opinion__//- I think that the people are really unfair. I have to admit, I thought all Muslims were bad until I saw an interesting documentry. It was called __To Die In Jerusalem__ and was a about how two, young teenagers that died from a bomb. One of the teenagers, triggered the bomb and killed them both. It showed me how two lives can affect other people's lives.It also showed me that some people are innocent Muslims. It is really wrong to steriotype all Muslims as terrorists. I still know that there are many bad, terrorists. I feel so sorry for the innocent Muslims and I wish I could help them and they shouldn't be steriotyped. If we get to learn more about the lives of Muslims and other religions, we can respect Muslims and other religions. An American Muslim that was part of U.S. Congressand was steriotyped by John Deady. My only wish is to put an end to Terroism and that all Muslims regain their reputation as model citizens.

__**Do we have the Freedoms and natural rights in school and at our Jobs that we do out in the World?**__ The answer to that is no. In school and at our jobs we are not aloud to follow the freedoms of Amendment one. The princpal of the school and the boss of your work decide your natural rights. For example, if you wanted to right something in the school newspaper, even if it wasn't bad, the princiapal can tell you NOT TO RIGHT THAT. They have that right.

__**How do people use the First Amendment today?**__ People use the First Amendment to fight for what they believe in. All people want to be treated equally as everyone else in America. People think that it is really unfair. For example, back then women didn't have the right to vote and only men over the age of 18 that are American citizens. Women now have the right to vote if they're over 18 and are American citizens. Another example is, African-Americans were discriminated and were treated like dirt. Back then, they made seperate schools, bathrooms, water fountains, and more. They alll made a difference and now they are treated equally like all of the people of America.

__**What are the limits to our Freedoms?**__ Even though people are guaranteed certain freedoms there is a limit to them. Limits inculde.1) You are not allowed to write or speak false statements about others in public. 2) You are not permitted to speak or write anything bad about the president, in public.3) You can not protest or go against something causing a riot. __**Why was this Amendment made?**__ This amendment was made to protect the natural rights US citizens are guaranteed. Congress can not take them away. //__Links__//** [|First Amendment Video] [|Limit to our Freedom-protesters]